January 7, 2013
Biden His Time
I used to think that Hillary Clinton was the front-running to take the Democratic nomination once Barack Obama stepped aside. Now, I think it is Joe Biden. Clinton’s health problems are only part of her problem. She will be dogged...
January 4, 2013
Coup II
Much like the first coup I witnessed personally, the second coup, the one against House Speaker John Boehner that was launched yesterday, collapsed ignominiously. In July of 1997, several rebels from the famed class of 1994 (the forerunners of the...
January 3, 2013
Electing A Speaker
It took two months in the 34th Congress to find somebody who had enough votes to be Speaker. The Whig Party had collapsed a half decade before the Civil War started, and no party had enough votes to claim a...
January 2, 2013
The Clock
Time is slowly but surely running out on the Obama Administration. The small tax agreement passed by the House last night makes it harder for Obama to do other things with his time in the White House. That is the...
January 1, 2013
McConnell Wins
Mitch McConnell is the big winner in the fiscal cliff showdown. After Speaker John Boehner folded his cards last month, McConnell was left as the only deal-maker who could possibly close a deal. He picked the person he wanted to...
December 31, 2012
Here’s to Getting Out of Ruts in 2013
My brother, my nephew, my niece, my son and I were riding our bikes on the beach over the weekend. It was glorious if a bit windy on Siesta Key beach, rated the number one beach in the country by...